The Role

We are looking for an Academy Head Coach for our U15 age group to cover the full coaching remit and lead on an effective coaching programme for youth players in a designated age category. In this exciting role, you'll deliver and develop performance pathways and plans and create an optimum environment for our youth players to develop and grow.

Your work will be underpinned by the four pillars of our Academy: creating effective team players, lifelong learners and most efficient movers with a champion mentality.

Who we are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

• Develop and coordinate training sessions - you'll passionately lead players through individual and team training sessions, catering for the needs of our players both individually and collectively in order to maximise the potential of all our players in this age group
• Collaborate with our Coaching team - you will eagerly assist other coaches in the relevant youth development phase to prepare and debrief matches
• Lead sessions and games - you'll effectively lead sessions and games with the relevant youth development phase squads as and when required
• Ensure our club is fully compliant - you will diligently work with our Head of Academy Coaching to comply with Premier League, FA and EPPP rules and requirements - ensuring that PMA is kept up to date
• Deliver impactful review meetings - you'll be entrusted to ensure the delivery of accurate, effectively documented individual player review meetings
• Partner with with colleagues across our club - you will take pride in teaming-up with our Physical, Analysis, Psychology and Operations teams
• Implement appropriate sessions - you'll hold responsibility for making sure sessions are delivered in a way that caters for all players on the programme and demonstrate a progressive and transparent structure for all players to progress
• Provide insightful reporting - you will provide a reporting platform to give constructive feedback at the end of each term for players and you'll work with the relevant phase coaching team to implement it
• Evolve and enhance our coaching programme - you'll actively seek out ways to improve the coaching programme and assist with the implementation of innovative new ideas and you'll work with our Head of Academy Coaching to implement a programme of continuous professional development for the Academy team
  

What we are looking for

• Background in football within an Elite Academy setting - you come with experience of coaching high level players and/or talented young football players and you have proven EPPP knowledge and experience of using the PMA
• Track record of developing young players - you're proud of your history of coaching players at youth level that have progressed to play professional football in the Premier League or Football League
• Credible expertise - you have a UEFA B Licence and an FA Level 4/UEFA A coaching award or equivalent as well as an FA Youth Module 3 Coaching Award or equivalent
• Certifications in critical areas - you hold an up to date FA Safeguarding Certificate and a First Aid Certificate
  
• Proactive and knowledgeable team player - you efficiently work as part of a coaching team and you're able to communicate key technical messages in coaching sessions
  
• Best-in-class relationship builder - you're able to establish and uphold exceptional rapport with young players and are confident in working with senior colleagues to set realistic goals for the players and the team
  
• Dedicated and organised mindset - you are highly motivated and driven with a commitment and passion for our game and you're proud of your excellent organisational and time management skills
  
• Proud ambassador for our club - you act as a role model all times, embodying our Academy's values of discipline, humility and respect and our wider club values

Why choose us

At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

• An exciting reward and recognition scheme
• Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
• Great internal learning and development programmes
• A flexible hybrid working model
• Priority access to apply for match tickets
• A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
• A leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Great discounts with some of our Partners

Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch. 

Disability Confident Leader

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme - please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.

Application Closing Date - Sunday 24th November 2024

Please note: we reserve the right to close the position early if application volumes are particularly high. We encourage you to get your application in sooner rather than later.

Good luck!